1970 FJ40 restoration

[zags]

I got the heater put together. After soaking the heater core in CLR, bead blasting and painting everything, I cut foam seals from leftover OEM Toyota stuff I had collected from work. Before bead blasting I had removed the original decals and then reattached when I was done.

 

[zags]

On the recirculation door in the fan housing, I cut the foam about 1/4" too big on three sides (excluding the hinge side). I put the foam on both sides of the door, allowing them to stick together back to back around the edge. This looks like it will seal the door much better.

 

[DSRTRDR]

 

[crushers]

where is that darn "thumbs up" icon?
<thumbs up>, nice job.

 

[JohnnyC]

Yes... Nice job! ... I didn't see where you said what color you used for the gray... Just rustolium?

 

[zags]

I didn't see where you said what color you used for the gray... Just rustolium?

Yes, it is Rustolium charcoal grey. I had considered getting the color custom mixed, as the original grey color seemed kinda odd, but the Rustolium is pretty close, just a shade lighter.

 

[JohnnyC]

i have seen a few other that used that for the gray...i think its close as well...again...

nice job!

 

[howyadoin]

Amazing work, hope to see it in person some day!

 

[ToyTec Lifts]

Awesome Build!! Keep up the great work!! Its coming together very NICE

 

[Advrider639]

Amazing rebuild man. Great attention to detail.

 

[rmckay1021]

Great job!!! Can't wait to see more!!!

 

[zags]

So I built a makeshift paint booth in my driveway. I had a huge screen house that I used the framework from. It is 12x20.

I had an old swamp cooler that I used the fan from to create a positive pressure ventilation system. It blows up like a balloon so my wife calls it the bouncy house.

I used a speed controller that I had from Harbor freight to control the fan speed, but I have been running on high and probably don't need it. I found cool stick-on zippers I used for a door at Home Depot in the paint section. I also used furnace filters in and out.

 

[zags]

The booth worked great and I shot all of my pewter colored stuff in one batch. The acrylic enamel from CCOT is spot on color wise and I shot three coats over PPG DP50LF epoxy primer with no problems. I used a DeVilbiss Finishline HVLP gun.

You can see how much overspray the filters caught between the first and second pictures.

The only issue I had with the paint booth setup was that the glue on duct tape would get soft in the sun and I had a couple of blowouts, but nothing major. The positive pressure helped keep dirt from entering. I used a single 100'x20' roll of 6mil plastic from home depot. I had my neighbor believing that it was a green house and that the weird smell was from a certain illegal hemp product growing inside!

 

[cruiserjunkie]

Awesome nothing like a greenhouse paint booth

 

[78fj40mg]

It looks like a professional paint booth, Awesome!

 

[Falco80]

Love it! It's easy to see you like doing things the right way, and it shows in your details. That paint booth setup is great. Keep the updates coming!

 

[Pierps]

Super cool! I might have to copy that!!

 

[zags]

Picked up a jack from ebay and decided I needed a break from block sanding. so I tore it down and cleaned it up.

 

[zags]

to get the main post out of the upper housing, you need to remove the top piece that threads in the top. There is a little spring clip that allows the top part to thread in, but not all of the way out. I clamped the post in a vice and used a big channel lock pliers to force it past the spring clip and unscrew it from the post. After I cleaned things up, I just straightened the bent clip to re-install it.

 

[zags]

I media blasted the cast areas and cleaned up the machined surfaces on the wire wheel. I then coated everything with Teflon grease and reassembled the jack. I used Duplicolor school bus yellow to paint it.